Usage:
Serena Creek Formation (CA*)
Geologic age:
Mississippian* or younger
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Walls of Serena Creek, in sec. 10, T. 16 N., R. 14 E., Soda Springs 7.5-min quadrangle [Placer Co., CA]. Named from Serena Creek (Harwood, 1992).
Reference section: east of Sierran crest at Ward Peak, in secs. 17 and 18, T. 16 N., R. 16 E., Tahoe City 7.5-min quadrangle, [Placer Co., CA] (Harwood, 1992).
AAPG geologic province:
Sierra Nevada province*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
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